Amazing storey, I live in Ireland where it is wet most of the time so we dont get so many summer fires. I cannot imagine how you combat such situations, my respect to you all for doing suh a valuable and vital job.

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Hi !,.. <br />Great Job!,.. Good Informations!,.. Fire Fighters are brave,.. its a dangerous Job!,..they face such fires without fear though with respect for the flames and of course each other.<br /><br />Pl visit here <br />www.greenbelt6sigma.com<br />Thanks!,..

You are so right about these wonderful folks. I've been through two major fires (under evac orders both times) and managed to lose only a back porch cover and our carpeting. The fire fighters that defended our neighborhood worked fearlessly and tirelessly (I met many of them as we opened our home so they could use our facilities) and every one of them was ready to fight until they dropped. Also, one of my friends and neighbors is a retired CDF firefighter and she keeps our neighborhood informed about ways to protect and defend our properties. They are all so brave and deserving of our gratitude and respect ~ let alone support and tax dollars!

Ye,they do work hard.<br />There is a blog entry of mine here on EP called "Firefighter home from Montana"...or maybe it is "a gift for me" it is a short film of one of these firemen coming to my house after fighting fires for months....

This is a great story, the pictures do accent what these firefighters go through everyday. It's an extremely hard job being a firefighter especially in California. I especially like the little animals in the background. Great Job!

This is a great story, the pictures do accent what these firefighters go through everyday. It's an extremely hard job being a firefighter especially in California. I especially like the little animals in the background. Great Job!

I really appreciate this tribute (please thank all your friends who contributed!) The fires in Big Sur, Bonnie Doon and La Selva Beach touched me in very personal ways. People I care about, places I love, and the environments that feed me, were in danger. I have been following the blogs and watching the way individuals banded together to save their land, communities & homes. Tomorrow I'm going to drive down to Big Sur and make a pilgrimage through these areas. This fire has been a great teacher. <br /><br />Like you, Peaceonearth, I am hoping that we are not going to spend the entire summer with constant fires...<br /><br />I LOVE the hawks, deer, dogs & wildlife in these blings!

Amazing pix, which hit me right in the heart. Five years ago our area had a massive wildfire in which hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest were destroyed, hundreds of houses, and untold livestock and wildlife. We were evacuated from our home for a month, without knowing if our house was safe or not. A great Firemen's Homecoming party was planned for next weekend by a local committee to dedicate the wildfire monument and to honour the firefighters who came to assist us from all over Canada and the U.S. in our time of need. Poor planning! It's firefighting season again, and none of the firemen can come! They're too busy fighting fires!

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I was a volunteer fire fighter in TN. All Fire fighters are brothers and sisters to me. I know what they all go though ecspecially on a structure fire. I am also in the military and looking to get shipped out to BCT/AIT next month on the 14th. Fire fighters, police, emts, and all...

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Speaking of firefighters, my father and I both worked on the Livonia Fire Dept at the same time - one of my life highlights. Yet now I am in the Mich Dept of Corrections taking care of the mentally ill -- DISNEY WORLD and they PAY ME to come in... :)